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JOHN FRANK KAMINSKY, OF MILDRED, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. 11,,1906.

Application liled September 25. 1906. Serial No. 338,107.

To all whom it may concern.-

- Centr Be it known that I, JOHN FRANK KAMIN- SKY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mildred, in the county of Sullivan and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Railway Ties, of which the followinglis a specification,

reference being had t e accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in railway-ties; andthe object of my invention is to provide a tie which will be durable, comparatively cheap in construction, and easily handled.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of myinvention and the best mode now known to me of applying that principle; Figure 1 is a perspective View of my new railroad-tie. Fig. 2 1s a central longitudinal sectional view,

and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line A A of he outer casing a is made up of sheet-iron,

and its edges meet along the joint'b b, the

overlapping edges being riveted, Fig. 1. y disposed in this casing is a block of concrete-c, and the ends of the tie are also formed of concrete blocked, between which and the central block of concrete c are placed blocks of wood e e, to which the rails are spiked. The rail-bed of the sheet-iron casing a is formed with holes f, through which spikes are driven upon the outside of the rails, and with holes 9, through which spikes are driven u' on the inside of the rails, the

spikesin bot instances entering the wooden blocks 0, Fig. 3.

The sheeteiron casing a, is formed with indentations h, which serve to hold the concrete'securely in place.

In each end of, the tie is formed a passage 4,, which enables the workmen to handle the tie with ease.

It is to be noted that the wooden blocks a are carefully protected from exposure by H JOHN Emm KAMIN'SKY.

Witnesses HENRY MEIER, J. H. THAYER. 

